Pink

My best mate was a huge fan of this when it came out, I always liked it a lot too and I caught them live (and never heard anything ever again). It's still great, especially the way that first chord kicks in. Reminds me a lot of MBV, but doomy and droney and very Japanese and Japanese doomy in a way that only Japanese people know how to do.

An incredible, chaotic noise rock symphony that remains triumphant and genre-defining even twenty years on. Whether in the feedbacked haze of 'Farewell' or tight guitar lines of 'Electric,' this LP maintains such a strong melodic focus that makes each sonic melee feel memorable no matter how swallowed in fuzz it becomes. Every track is its own little world, a sludgy mix of frequencies that masterfully alternate between metal, drone, shoegaze, and a few other genres in between. Insane that a three-piece can produce such dominant walls of sound, getting to see these guys live has been a highlight of my concert-going career just for the sheer musicianship alone. Excellent add, this is more than worthy 1001 addition and a great way to address the noise rock/international LP deficit in one fell swoop.

Actually kinda surprised this is getting such low ratings since it's much more on the easily-digestible Kyuss-adjacent stoner rock front than the usual drone/noise metal output from Boris. Awesome suggestion! A great, sometimes banging, sometimes beautiful gateway album to the wackier world of heavy Japanese music. Strong 4/5.

I really liked it 4

Nice shoegaze. I’m not into shoegaze, but from what I know of the genre, this is really good. I didn’t necessarily enjoy it, but I approve of the submission. Also, why not pick “Akuma No Uta”? Just wondering. Good pick. 4/5

Proof that Japan can get heavy with it. Anyone already familiar with Boris' output knows that they rarely stick to a single genre for long. Their prior two albums, Dronevil and Feedbacker, sound more like drone metal while their 2011 album, New Album, is a distinctly pop-oriented album in the vein of Cocteau Twins. On Pink, Boris ranges from blistering hardcore punk to methodical drone metal and the occasional spaced-out stoner metal jam. The one thing tying them all together is the power of distortion, harnessed by the great Takeshi and Wata. Top to bottom, Pink is power. CONTENDER FOR THE LIST: There desperately needs to be some Japan representation on the list, but I think Boris' metal sound is too niche.

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Woman on the screen, Pseudo bread, Just abandoned myself

Pink by Boris is a typical Japanese noise album. It goes all the way, the songs sounds like they were never rehearsed. Production is flat and failing in a lo-fi way. This also gives it some street credit. Still I prefer Bo Ningen, a Japanese band that makes the same kind of music, but has better songs, production and is more inventive. This album was still not a waste of my time though.

Yeah this is the kinda stuff I want to hear. Weird Japanese rock. It's a bit over the place but put through a lens of Japan. My personal rating: 4/5 My rating relative to the list: 4/5 Should this have been included on the original list? Yes

Gotta stick up for some noise.

I was a little apprehensive from reading the band's Wiki page (not the biggest fan of Noise genres) but foind this to be pretty amenable hard-driven, minimalist (if indeed noisy) rock. Favorable comparisons to Pavement, Radiohead's more guitar-rock oriented product, some of the Velvet Underground.

Nice

Pink is some decent noise rock, better when it's jacked up and fuzzy as hell and not so much the other stuff but it's alright throughout really. Pseudo bread and Just Abandoned Myself go fucking hard, 3/5.

This definitely got noisy at times but I really enjoyed the shoegaze portions of it. Not something I'm generally going to come back to but definitely had some moments.

Did not love this noisy rock album. Not my kind of thing.

Metal, stoner metal, noise rock, garage punk, ambient, psychedelia. Estresante. No me ha gustado. Un 2.

This sounded like the band was perpetually performing the outro of a song, over and over.

I guess "sludge/doom rock" isn't my thing. 2 stars.

That was a whole bunch of noise.

Nix, det här funkar inte för mig. Kunde ha blivit en svag tvåa men det blev bara sämre ju längre in på albumet jag kom.

I swear I listened to this all day and only got to track 4

This particular album didn’t do anything for me, and has not made me want to find out if other albums might be more appealing.